WALES VERSUS GERMANY was the title of a Daily Prophet article written by Ginevra Potter and published on 22 May 2014. The article covered the match between the Welsh and the German National Quidditch teams, part of the 2014 Quidditch World Cup.[1][2]
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- From the Daily Prophet’s Quidditch Correspondent in the Patagonian Desert, Ginny Potter.
Germany versus Wales today gave a horrible reminder of the perils of Seekership. The Wronski Feint is a dangerous move whereby the Seeker pretends to have spotted the Snitch and performs a vertical dive, attempting to lure his or her counterpart into imitating them, pulling out at the last moment and leaving their opponent to crash. German Seeker Thorsten Pfeffer today attempted the life-threatening Feint with awful consequences, failing to pull out in time and colliding with the ground at what onlookers estimated to be sixty miles an hour. Healers flooded the pitch and Skelegro was administered at the scene. Thankfully, Pfeffer survived the match and manager Franziska Faust later told the assembled reporters that he is likely to make a complete recovery, although he has broken most of the bones in his body and currently believes himself to be a budgerigar called Klaus.
Welsh Seeker Eurig Cadwallader caught the Snitch eleven minutes after Pfeffer was stretchered off the field, but neither players nor crowd were in a celebratory mood, and only once she had heard that Pfeffer would survive did manager Gwenog Jones pronounce herself to be 'bloody delighted.' Her team will face Brazil in the quarter-finals.
Appearances[]
- Pottermore
- Quidditch Through the Ages (2018 audio edition)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Quidditch World Cup 2014: Daily Prophet reports from Pottermore (via The Internet Archive)
- ↑ Quidditch World Cup enhanced reading experience at Pottermore